loading...| Preferred Name |
ear |
| Synonyms |
auditory apparatus auris |
| Definitions |
Sense organ in vertebrates that is specialized for the detection of sound, and the maintenance of balance. Includes the outer ear and middle ear, which collect and transmit sound waves; and the inner ear, which contains the organs of balance and (except in fish) hearing. Also includes the pinna, the visible part of the outer ear, present in some mammals. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001690 |
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0013443 EFO:0000826 NCIT:C12394 MIAA:0000138 galen:Ear EHDAA2:0000423 AAO:0011014 EV:0100353 VHOG:0000330 XAO:0000189 EMAPA:16193 FMA:52780 MA:0000236 OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjL05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA BTO:0000368 EHDAA:502 GAID:62 MESH:D004423 UMLS:C0521421 OpenCyc:Mx4rvViXS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA CALOHA:TS-1165 MAT:0000138 http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/birnlex_1062 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/1910005 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0521421 |
| definition |
Sense organ in vertebrates that is specialized for the detection of sound, and the maintenance of balance. Includes the outer ear and middle ear, which collect and transmit sound waves; and the inner ear, which contains the organs of balance and (except in fish) hearing. Also includes the pinna, the visible part of the outer ear, present in some mammals. |
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| external_definition |
The organ of hearing and of equilibrium. [TFD][VHOG] |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
auditory apparatus auris |
| has_relational_adjective |
auricular |
| homology_notes |
Both vertebrate and invertebrate auditory organs are thought to have evolved from primitive mechanosensors, but the nature of the ancestral structure and the evolutionary trajectories followed in distinct animal lineages remain unknown. In particular, we do not know how many types of mechanosensor existed in the protostome-deuterostome ancestor from which insects and vertebrates evolved or whether the PDA had an auditory organ.[well established][VHOG] |
| id |
UBERON:0001690 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim |
| label |
ear |
| notation |
UBERON:0001690 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
ear |
| treeView | |
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| disjointWith |